Osborne support for new vocational qualifications
Published: 12:10am, 2nd November 2012 Updated: 11:07am, 2nd November 2012 New vocational qualifications in engineering will help Britain thrive in the global economy, Chancellor George Osborne has said. The Royal...
House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee - oral evidence on engineering skills
On 24th October 2012, the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee heard oral evidence on the inquiry into engineering skills. "We compete in a high labour cost economy;...
Improving social mobility...
The Milburn Report: University Challenge:Ā How Higher Education CanĀ Advance Social Mobility was published earlier this month.Ā In it, the importance of foundation degrees in supporting those from disadvantaged social...
Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2007
The Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2007Ā was held at the University of Leeds between the 27th and 28th March.
...but a somewhat different situation in university recruitment of engineering professors in the US compared with the UK...
Purdue University plans to hire more than 100 new engineering professors and boost engineering enrolment by 10 percent over the next five years to help move the school to the...
Messages about maths education and the contribution of engineering to the economy are the same over the pond...
One of the aerospace industry's most respected leaders said Wednesday that government and industry badly need to take steps to reform the U.S. education system to dramatically boost teaching of...
US study shows that people who majored in engineering had the highest earnings of any bachelorās degree field
The field of bachelorās degree makes a considerable difference in a college graduateās annual earnings, according to 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2008
The Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2008 was held at Warwick University from 1st to 2nd April.
Westminster Higher Education Forum event: Research and innovation in the UK - increasing the commercialisation of research and the impact of European reforms
As the Government concludes its National Curriculum review, this Westminster Higher Education Forum seminar focuses on the content of the new curriculum for Design and Technology (D&T) for each Key...
Westminster Higher Education Forum event: Reviewing the new Design and Technology Curriculum
As the Government concludes its National Curriculum review, this Westminster Higher Education Forum seminar focuses on the content of the new curriculum for Design and Technology (D&T) for each Key...
Westminster Higher Education Forum event: Open access research and the future for academic publishing
Bringing together key stakeholders - including academics and university leaders, the publishing industry, science-based businesses, research councils and other research-funding organisations - with policymakers, this Westminster Higher Education Forum seminar...
Built in Britain: has Britain finally rediscovered its great tradition of epic engineering?
Victorian Britain was famous for its magnificent feats of engineering, but over a century later our once groundbreaking systems are aged and creaking. In this two part series, Evan Davis...
International Student Recruitment: Understanding and Complying with the Points Based Immigration System
International Student Recruitment: Understanding and Complying with the Points Based Immigration System Central London Monday 12th November 2012 Event Detailsā Websiteā Register to Attend Earlier this year, new measures designed...
Engineering Professors' Council Annual Congress 2009
The Engineering Professors Council Annual Congress 2009 was held at Heriot Watt University between the 21st and 22nd April.